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Para O Tane Palace

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59: 19: 72:, and was originally built in the 1830s as a single-story structure made of limestone and timber. It was later rebuilt as a two-story structure by Makea Takau Ariki, and served as the location of her royal court. Both the 1888 proclamation declaring the Cook Islands to be a British protectorate and the 1901 instrument of annexation by New Zealand were signed in the palace grounds. Beatrice Grimshaw gives a brief description of the palace during her visit to Rarotonga in 1907. 313: 76:
We walked through the blazing hot sun of the tropic afternoon, down the palm-shaded main street of Avarua town, to the great grassy enclosure that surrounds the palace of the queen. One enters through a neat white gate; inside are one or two small houses, a number of palms and flowering bushes, and
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at the far end, a stately two-storeyed building constructed of whitewashed concrete, with big railed-in verandahs, and handsome arched windows. This is Makea's palace, but her visitors do not go there to look for her. In true South Sea Islander fashion, she keeps a house for show and one for use.
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The palace was badly damaged in a cyclone in 1942 or 1943, and later allowed to fall into ruins. It was restored and rebuilt between 1989 and 1993 by
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kai, tauwiri. "Figure 5. Satellite component MNR promotes centriole duplication by localizing WDR62 to the centrosome".
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and the place where she signed a treaty making the Cook Islands a British protectorate in 1888.
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and a team of students from the Auckland University School of Architecture.
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The palace is located on the grounds of the Taputapuatea
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Avarua
Rarotonga
Cook Islands
Makea Pori Ariki
Makea Takau Ariki

marae
New Zealand
Harry Turbott
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10.7554/elife.07519.021
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help
"News From The Cooks"



"A little road with great historical significance for the Cook Islands"



"Architect leading light in palace restoration"
In the Strange South Seas
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"Rarotongan Social Whirl: Jitterbug Comes To The Islands"
21°12′26″S 159°46′23″W / 21.20714°S 159.77313°W / -21.20714; -159.77313
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Cook Islands
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